Author: Jason Arndt
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Former Bristol student’s death a homicide
Memorial fund established By Jason Arndt Editor The death of a former Bristol Grade School student was ruled a homicide, Village of Mt. Pleasant police reported on Thursday, three days after Kenosha police received a missing persons report. Olivia Mackay, 17, was found in the 1100 block of Louis Sorenson Road, about two miles east…
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Hundreds come to clean up Silver Lake
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent Once again, area residents and local groups and agencies came together to serve area residents stricken by recent floodwaters. One Salem Lakes resident, Allen Dunski sustained foundation damage to his home on Riverside Drive, but it did not stop him from coordinating last weekend’s volunteer efforts to help others. Flooding and…
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ALL-AREA SOFTBALL: Panthers’ Jacobson Coach of the Year
First team loaded with Wilmot, Westosha representatives By Mike Ramczyk Sports Editor For the second consecutive season, a Southern Lakes Conference player takes our top spot. Not enough can be said about Union Grove senior catcher Kallista Hribar, who hit a whopping .658 this season with a ridiculous 17 home runs. The leadoff batter is…
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Kenosha teen found in Mt. Pleasant had Bristol roots
By Jason Arndt Editor Although Olivia Mackay was from Kenosha, the 17-year-old found dead in a wooded area in Racine County on Monday had Bristol roots, city police said in Wednesday’s news release. Mackay was reported as missing after she did not show up for work, according to a report from the Village of Mt.…
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Wilmot football, cheer contribute to the cause
By Jason Arndt Editor When the Wilmot Union High School football team finished camp on Friday, the first item on its agenda for Saturday was to join forces with other community volunteers to clean up a flood-ravaged Silver Lake area, according to first-year coach Keiya Square. Square, who received a call to action from former…
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Flood Update: More than $8 million in damages in three counties
A Wisconsin Emergency Management release reported $8.3 million in public infrastructure damage happened during the July 11-12 flooding event, which spanned three southeast Wisconsin counties, including Kenosha. The report indicated Racine County had the most damage to infrastructure, defined as roads, bridges and dams, which was nearly $4 million. Walworth County had the second most…
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Sharing Center receives donations to aid residents
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent The Sharing Center was hustling on Monday morning following record-breaking floods touching all communities in Western Kenosha County. Not everyone at the Sharing Center were clients and volunteers, however, as community members stayed busy collecting money and other supplies to donate to nonprofit organization in Trevor. Pam Maddox, of the Silver…
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Genoa City PD seeks information on Country Thunder hit-and-run
Genoa City police is looking for information related to a July 22 hit-and-run, which left one of two pedestrians with severe head injuries, according to a department Facebook post. According to the post, police believe the driver and possible passengers from the vehicle attended Country Thunder on July 21, it states. The hit-and-run happened at…
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Village wide cleanup this weekend
By Gail Peckler-Dziki Correspondent Salem Lakes resident Allen Dunski is looking for volunteers to clean up the village this weekend. “Most of us are affected one way or the other,” Dunski said at the beginning of the Thursday volunteer meeting held at Community Baptist Church. “But we can work together to clean up the village.”…
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STRONG FAITH
The Packer Inn, of Silver Lake, shows faith the community can come together and restore the Village of Salem Lakes after record-breaking floods caused road closures and damaged properties last week. There were multiple Silver Lake organizations and businesses that helped in last week’s flooding. Binanti’s, of Silver Lake, was one of several organizations who…